The chair of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on asia, the pacific, and nonproliferation provided an update on Global Cooperation during the coronavirus pandemic. California congressman ami bera talked about the council how countries can Work Together to address the pandemic. Minutes,e next 25 congressman bra and i will discuss the post covid world order, and then we are going to open up the conversations to questions from our members. Thank you for joining us today, congressman. Thank you for that introduction. Certainly i want to thank the council for this opportunity. When you look at the list of participants, there are a lot of people that we use for contact expertise. Im sure we will have a lively discussion. Lets get started. Since the outbreak of the covid debatec, a fascinating has emerged about the potential impact of the coronavirus on the global order. Some experts maintain the virus will have a transformative effect. Kissingere, dr. Henry has written the world will ne
Here. Is really a celebration of a brilliant, timely new book and a time for us to have a really important discussion about what is going on in the critical region of the world. And of course the start of todays performance is the author of that great new book, scholar of contemporary asia he is distinguished fellow here at hoover pretties also a great friend, mishas really wonderful for us to be with you and sold by this tremendously book. The book is asias new geopolitics. The book is an important book at an important time about the reshaping that is going on across the indo pacific region. Michael is also the author of another tremendous book right behind here, called the end of the age of the century. Michael is one of the most prolific analysts on what is going on the region. If youve not already done it, set up a google alert for whenever michaels essays are published, you get them right away. So also the hopes of a wonderful podcast he does with sean view on the pacific century.
Discussion. Great. Lets get started. Since thesi outbreak of the covd pandemic, a faceting debate has emerged about the potential impact of the coronavirus on the global order. Some experts are maintaining the virus will have a transformative effect. For example, doctor Henry Kissinger has written the world will never be the same after the coronavirus, andy ward that the pandemic could up in the global order. And then there are people like professor joan i who contends that the pandemic is unlikely to be a a political turning pointd he believes many aspects of globalization will endure and suggest despite u. S. Mishandling of the pandemic that the balance of hard power and soft power will night shift fromm the unitd states to china which is of course part of the debate. Id like to start with a broad question. Do you think, congressman bera, that the pandemic will affect the global order inconsequential ways . If so, how . I certainly think this is the Largest Global disruption with had
A miracle aljazeera revisits the men once celebrated as National Hero and asks how this ordeal changed their lives chilean miners after the rescue on the jersey. Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question are china and the United States headed for a new cold war or is it going to be a hot war lets get to the bottom line. The downward spiral began years ago but in the last few days it has really sunk to new lows following a pattern of knee jerk hit for tat ism washington just shut down chinas consulate in texas last week and in response to beijing shut down americas consulate in chengdu thousands of chinese watched as the u. S. Flag was lowered from that former diplomatic post as part of americas full court press secretary of state mike pompei of gave a speech asking the world to embark with it on a new cold war with china the 2 countries already have a trade war theyve got new travel restrictions on each other and theyve been banning each others journalists among other escalation so wh
A speech asking the world to embark with it on a new cold war with china which the 2 countries already have a trade war theyve got new travel restrictions on each other and theyve been banning each others journalists among other escalation so what do we go from here from a Strategic Perspective what are the right smart moves that america should be making joining me now is the president of the council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass who has served many u. S. President s in the past and is a prolific writer on global issues and u. S. Foreign policy hes just finished a new book designed to help bolster the literacy of americans about the world beyond their shores appropriately titled the world good to be with you Richard Richard you recently wrote a critique of secretary might pompei use speech at the Nixon Library and in it you said he misunderstood history he misunderstood what nixon and kissinger were trying to do with china at that time tell us more. Good to be with you steve the s